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La Niña and record cold temperatures in the U.S. should have made Earth cooler, but January 2025 was still the hottest on record, with an av...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a belching protostar in its infancy. By studying the dust grains whirling around it, astronomers...

The adult orcas swam around the ice demonstrating how to pull a seal off by its tail.

The discovery of an 11,000-year-old village in Saskatchewan could rewrite Indigenous history in central Canada.

Scientists have cooled qubits to record low temperatures using a quantum refrigerator powered by "hot thermal baths."

Trovants are rocks that grow by absorbing minerals from rainwater. Romania is home to a cluster of trovants that inspired folklore of dinosa...

SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't...

A branch of the H5N1 bird flu family tree that hadn't previously been seen in cattle has now been detected in dairy cows.

Scientists are studying the vaginal microbiome in populations all around the world to see how it might differ in different people and in hea...

A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now decipher thanks...

Jupiter and Mars will appear to make ultraclose approaches to the moon on two nights this week. Here's how to get the best view, starting to...

A new virus that is related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, scientists say there is...

Archaeologists discovered ancient Roman inscriptions and a 1,900-year-old coin wedged between rock formations while exploring a cave called...

New 3D maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet show how huge cracks in the ice that accelerate melting expanded between 2016 and 2021.

A new study has greatly expanded the number of gene variants thought to be tied to bipolar disorder.

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a record-smashing galaxy wrapped in 9 rings of stars — along with the dwarf galaxy...

More than a quarter million beads found in a tomb with female skeletons were used to decorate the women's ceremonial dresses, suggesting the...

February's full Snow Moon will have a royal companion as it rises alongside Regulus, a star nicknamed "Heart of the Lion", before Valentine'...

Is your knowledge of Stonehenge rock-solid or on shaky ground?

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal monster black holes in the early universe that seem to have grown too big, too fast....

Rabbits' teeth grow continuously, and bunnies wear them down by munching fiber-rich foods. Scientists suggest rabbits recycle a fine powder...

A French astrophotographer has captured a stunning photo of Venus and the moon shining above the Eiffel Tower in Paris, thanks to a rare "p...

An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what would this impact m...

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica's ice.

Neurons found in one of the oldest regions of the brain may control when we stop eating a meal, new research in mice hints.